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Indianapolis Peace & Justice
Journal
Indianapolis Peace and Justice Center
PO Box 441811
Indianapolis, IN 46205
Nonprofit Org.
U.S. Postage
PAID
Permit No. 6315
Indianapolis, IN
History of the Peace Movement
By Vernell Miller, IPJC President
“You must be the change you want to see in the world.” Mahatma Gandhi
Many many people fight for the civil rights, human rights and, the quality of life for others as well as themselves. Peace efforts trickles
from the bottom up which means, there are so many things we can do locally that will affect others throughout the state, on a national
level and, on a global scale. It is my hope that with every generation, we are closer to lessoning the hardships of life for all. I believe
we all have learned from the frailties and triumphs of those working actively as peace keepers. We recognize those who are and were
passionate about their work and their calling.
Many of our civil and human rights leaders didn’t always approach efforts of peace which mirrored nonviolent civil disobedience.
What were important issues in the 1930’s, 1950’s, 1960’s, etc. are the same important issues of today.
The world is mourning the loss of a champion for peace, Nelson Mandela. He’s been called fearless, an icon, father, an attorney, just a
few descriptive names. Nelson Mandela wasn’t always the calm nonviolent man we’ve come to associate with his character, demeanor
and accomplishments.
Nelson Mandela delivered his speech, No Easy Walk To Freedom on September 21, 1953 (excerpt) “… the African people have dis-cussed
the shameful misdeeds of those who rule the country. Year after year, they have raised their voices in condemnation of the grind-ing
poverty of the people, the low wages, the acute shortage of land, the inhuman exploitation and the whole policy of white domina-tion.
But instead of more freedom repression began to grow in volume and intensity and it seemed that all their sacrifices would end
up in smoke and dust.”
At some point of his journey, Nelson Mandela realized that peace talks, boycotts, and civil disobedience just wasn’t enough. After a
change in his approach, he was accused of sabotage and treason and was sentenced to life in prison. He was released after 27 years.
The Black Panthers Party was founded by Huey P. Newton and Bobby Seale in the 1960s. They developed a 10 Point Platform to ad-dress
the urgent needs in the black community. The Black Panthers felt that blacks wanted freedom and the power to determine their
destiny in black and oppressed communities. They wanted better housing, employment, free health care and, an end to police brutal-ity.
The Party believed that change wasn’t coming quick enough and that violence was the way to obtain the changes necessary
VOLUME XXXI, No. 3 WINTER 2013
or Occupant
Angela Davis was a radical activist in the 1960’s and was concerned with
gender equity, prison reform and alliances across color lines. At one point
of her journey, she was on the FBI’s 10 most wanted list. She was educated
in Germany, France, Cuba and, the United States. Professor Davis helped
popularize the movement of the prison industrial complex. As an educator, she
is very concerned that more resources are devoted to the prison system than
the education system. Professor Davis is a founding member of the Critical
Resistance, a national organization dedicated to the dismantling of the prison
industrial complex. Internationally, she is afiliated with Sisters Inside, an abo-litionist
organization based in Queensland, Australia that works in solidarity
with women in prison. She urges us to think about a future without prisons
and to help forge a 21st century abolitionist movement
For over 50 years, Tom Hayden has been an activist for peace, justice and the
environmental movement, working to end the wars in Afghanistan, Iraq and
Pakistan, and reforming politics through a more participatory democracy. He
had been beaten and arrested in Georgia and Mississippi in the 1960’s as a
Freedom Rider, worked as a community organizer in Newark, New Jersey to
assist in the creation of a national poor people’s campaign for jobs and empow-erment.
After helping lead street demonstrations against the war at the 1968
Chicago Democratic Convention, where he was beaten, gassed and arrested
twice, Hayden was indicted in 1969 with seven others on conspiracy and incite-ment
charges. After five years of trials, appeals, and retrials, he was acquitted of
all charges. Tom Hayden was a founding member of the Students for a Demo-cratic
Society in 1961 and the author of the Port Huron Statement: An Agenda
for a Generation.
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Indianapolis Peace & Justice
Journal
Indianapolis Peace and Justice Center
PO Box 441811
Indianapolis, IN 46205
Nonprofit Org.
U.S. Postage
PAID
Permit No. 6315
Indianapolis, IN
History of the Peace Movement
By Vernell Miller, IPJC President
“You must be the change you want to see in the world.” Mahatma Gandhi
Many many people fight for the civil rights, human rights and, the quality of life for others as well as themselves. Peace efforts trickles
from the bottom up which means, there are so many things we can do locally that will affect others throughout the state, on a national
level and, on a global scale. It is my hope that with every generation, we are closer to lessoning the hardships of life for all. I believe
we all have learned from the frailties and triumphs of those working actively as peace keepers. We recognize those who are and were
passionate about their work and their calling.
Many of our civil and human rights leaders didn’t always approach efforts of peace which mirrored nonviolent civil disobedience.
What were important issues in the 1930’s, 1950’s, 1960’s, etc. are the same important issues of today.
The world is mourning the loss of a champion for peace, Nelson Mandela. He’s been called fearless, an icon, father, an attorney, just a
few descriptive names. Nelson Mandela wasn’t always the calm nonviolent man we’ve come to associate with his character, demeanor
and accomplishments.
Nelson Mandela delivered his speech, No Easy Walk To Freedom on September 21, 1953 (excerpt) “… the African people have dis-cussed
the shameful misdeeds of those who rule the country. Year after year, they have raised their voices in condemnation of the grind-ing
poverty of the people, the low wages, the acute shortage of land, the inhuman exploitation and the whole policy of white domina-tion.
But instead of more freedom repression began to grow in volume and intensity and it seemed that all their sacrifices would end
up in smoke and dust.”
At some point of his journey, Nelson Mandela realized that peace talks, boycotts, and civil disobedience just wasn’t enough. After a
change in his approach, he was accused of sabotage and treason and was sentenced to life in prison. He was released after 27 years.
The Black Panthers Party was founded by Huey P. Newton and Bobby Seale in the 1960s. They developed a 10 Point Platform to ad-dress
the urgent needs in the black community. The Black Panthers felt that blacks wanted freedom and the power to determine their
destiny in black and oppressed communities. They wanted better housing, employment, free health care and, an end to police brutal-ity.
The Party believed that change wasn’t coming quick enough and that violence was the way to obtain the changes necessary
VOLUME XXXI, No. 3 WINTER 2013
or Occupant
Angela Davis was a radical activist in the 1960’s and was concerned with
gender equity, prison reform and alliances across color lines. At one point
of her journey, she was on the FBI’s 10 most wanted list. She was educated
in Germany, France, Cuba and, the United States. Professor Davis helped
popularize the movement of the prison industrial complex. As an educator, she
is very concerned that more resources are devoted to the prison system than
the education system. Professor Davis is a founding member of the Critical
Resistance, a national organization dedicated to the dismantling of the prison
industrial complex. Internationally, she is afiliated with Sisters Inside, an abo-litionist
organization based in Queensland, Australia that works in solidarity
with women in prison. She urges us to think about a future without prisons
and to help forge a 21st century abolitionist movement
For over 50 years, Tom Hayden has been an activist for peace, justice and the
environmental movement, working to end the wars in Afghanistan, Iraq and
Pakistan, and reforming politics through a more participatory democracy. He
had been beaten and arrested in Georgia and Mississippi in the 1960’s as a
Freedom Rider, worked as a community organizer in Newark, New Jersey to
assist in the creation of a national poor people’s campaign for jobs and empow-erment.
After helping lead street demonstrations against the war at the 1968
Chicago Democratic Convention, where he was beaten, gassed and arrested
twice, Hayden was indicted in 1969 with seven others on conspiracy and incite-ment
charges. After five years of trials, appeals, and retrials, he was acquitted of
all charges. Tom Hayden was a founding member of the Students for a Demo-cratic
Society in 1961 and the author of the Port Huron Statement: An Agenda
for a Generation.
Continued on page 2